Identification of Wolbachia Strains in Mosquito Disease Vectors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Osei Poku, Jewelna ^a   Han, Calvin ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^b   Jiggins, Francis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES BROMELIAE; AEDES METALLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLADISTICS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; KENYA; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; MOSQUITO; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA VIRUSES; WOLBACHIA;

ARBOVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; RNA VIRUSES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84869852018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049922     Document Type: Article

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